Originally Posted by
jessej
1) Company travel contract requires it
2) located in a US hub
3) located on a spoke only served by US
4) Customer travel contract requires it
5) topping off frequent flyer miles to some specific reward level
6) burning off frequent flyer imles
First off, I doubt #3 or #4 are actual situations (and #1 only if it's a "cheapest fare" requirement). But assuming they are...
- Get a better contract, don't take the trip, or change jobs.
- I'm pretty sure other airlines exist at all (both) US hubs...
- Take the bus - it'll be nicer.
- Get a better contract.
- Fly some other *A airline - you can credit it wherever you want, even to DM.
- Fly some other *A airline - you can redeem on any one.